Products of BIOAGRICERT / BIOAGRICOOP (5)

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STANDARDS

PROMOTION ACTIVITY

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH

TRAINING ACTIVITY

Bioagricoop is a non-profit organization which was born in 1984 as a cooperative to contribute actively to the promotion and development of organic farming and sustainable development both at national and international level. In 1985 the cooperative joined IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement) with which it worked actively to define organic agriculture norms and regulations and it also became the first company accredited by IFOAM for the certification activity in the entir e Mediterranean area.
In 1988 Bioagricoop promoted the constitution of AQB (Organic Quality Association) to guarantee and verify the quality of organic productions. In 1993 Bioagricoop obtained the recognition of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forests for its activity of control and certification in the organic sector. The activity of certification increased rapidly; for this reason, in 2002, Bioagricoop promoted Bioagricert s.r.l., a new independet company to which it transferr ed the activity of control and certification.
Since then Bioagricoop has continued in its activity of promotion, training and research in organic agriculture and sustainable development. Bioagricoop phylosophy and vision is based on the “co.operative” working method with the creation of networks among:

PROMOTION ACTIVITY

Promotion activities create the opportunities and/or the conditions to contact new customers and develop the

operators’ business. Fairs are promotional events that can help a company to confirm and/or increase ist business and set it apart from competitors. Bioagricoop helps operators to choose the most suitable event and organize it; and its team of experts supports the company during the whole event and/or exhibition.

A very important part of Bioagricoop activity is represented by cooperation projects. Bioagricoop participates,

as project leader or project partner, in national and international projects, usually co-finaced by the

European Union and/or the Italian State. Bioagricoop concentrates its efforts mostly on projects related to the promotion of European organic and typical products in non EU countries (i.e. China, South East Asia, India, Latin America etc.) or in the promotion of organic farming practices and sustainable development in Thir d Countries

SUSTAINABLE APPROACH

Bioagricoop promotes the knowledge, the study and the verification of the application of the best practices of the sustainability approach in the goods production especially in the food chain production. Several tools are used to analyze the impact in relation to the three “pillars” of sustainability: the environmental, the social and the economic aspects without forgetting the “cultural” factor.